Large Etching/Aquatint by Giuseppe Santomaso (Italian, 1907-1990); 19” (w) x 25 1/4”; on Fabriano Rosaspina Paper; Pencil Signed and Dated (1968); Limited Edition 42/80; Blind Stamp for Publisher 2RC Stamperia d’ Art, Rome, Italy.
 
Santomaso was born in Venice and trained at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts. Starting in avant-garde, he moved toward a position between illustrative realism and pure abstraction. He later tended toward classical Modernism.